Tesla is trying to steal Apple's employees

Tesla is actively poaching Apple employees as the car company
tries to model itself after the Silicon Valley giant,
according to Bloomberg.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly "enamoured with Apple and
relishes comparisons" between himself and the late Apple
co-founder Steve Jobs. He told Bloomberg that "from a design
perspective, [Apple] is relatively closely aligned."

Tesla has now hired more than 150 former Apple employees,
according to Bloomberg. That means Tesla has hired more workers
from Apple than from any other car company.

Tesla doesn't just want former Apple workers. It wants the
company's products to be like Apple also.
Design consultant Joe Nuxoll said that they try and design the
car's touch screens "so that it requires not a whole lot of
thinking.... It's more like an iPhone than a Ford."

This hiring drive goes both ways.
Musk told Bloomberg that Apple also "tries very hard to
recruit from Tesla." The company apparently offers 60% salary
bumps and $250,000 signing bonuses. "But so far they’ve actually
recruited very few people," Musk added.